What is SAP HANA, express edition?

SAP HANA, express edition is a streamlined version of SAP HANA that can run on laptops and other resource-constrained hosts, such as a cloud-hosted virtual machine. SAP HANA, express edition is free to use for in-memory databases up to 32GB of RAM.

Memory capacity increases beyond 32GB are available for purchase at the SAP Store.

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Geospatial

Store, process and visualize geo data within SAP HANA. You can also perform operations like distance calculations and determine union and intersection of multiple objects. In addition, you can integrate geo-data with other structured data.

System requirements / features

SAP HANA, express edition comes as a binary installer or as a pre-configured virtual machine image (ova file). If your host runs on an SAP HANA, express edition supported operating system, you can choose either the binary installer or the ova file. Otherwise, you must use the ova file.

SAP HANA, express edition is free to use for in-memory databases up to 32GB of RAM.

This diagram shows the HANA platform services available in SAP HANA, express edition. Please review the Feature Scope document for more details.

Try it now

Install SAP HANA, express edition with your chosen method of installation on-premise or in the cloud. Your default installation of SAP HANA, express edition is free to use for in-memory databases up to 32GB of RAM. Memory capacity increases beyond 32GB are available for purchase from the SAP Store.

On-premise or hybrid

SAP HANA, express edition can be downloaded and installed on your local computing device like a laptop or desktop computer. There are two ways to perform on-premise installations:

Public cloud

How-To Guides

How-to guides capture procedures for tasks like one-time setup tasks or implementing specific features (as opposed to tutorials which are linked together in a series). Follow these how-to guides to help in your SAP HANA, express edition (HXE) development.

Upcoming Events

Visit the SAP Developer Relations Upcoming Events page to find out more about upcoming events around the world of interest to SAP Developers. These include SAP run events such as Tech Eds, InnoJams and DemoJams, and Inside Tracks. You’ll also find information on outside events of interest such as Open Source Conferences (OSCON) and Defrags.

Videos and Training

Learn more about SAP HANA and SAP HANA, express edition by viewing SAP HANA Academy videos and by signing up for free courses on openSAP.

Documentation

SAP HANA, express edition is a version of SAP HANA. If you’re looking for detailed technical information, see the developer and reference documentation in the SAP HANA Documentation collection. Use the Feature Scope document to understand the delta between the full version of SAP HANA, and SAP HANA, express edition.